| Description |
64 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Usborne STEM.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A simple and fascinating guide to science experiments for children. How can you bend water with a ruler? What makes grass green? How do machines work? What happens if you add raisins to a fizzy drink? Why don't seals freeze in icy water? Can anything stop paper clips from sinking? This book will show you how to discover the answers to these questions and more - making you think like a scientist in a few simple steps. |
| Audience |
For ages 7-9 years. |
| Contents |
Can you stop gravity? -- Helicopter seeds -- What's shocking about static? -- The look of the moon -- Why are seas rising? -- Seeing strange things -- Why do bread and cakes rise? -- Baking soda + acid = ? -- Whose memory is best? -- The egg that floats and sinks -- Dancing raisins -- Can you see sounds? -- Catching a whisper -- How do planes fly? -- In dinosaurs' footsteps -- Playing with air pressure -- Can you really believe your eyes? -- Transforming pennies -- Do leaves have skeletons? -- Why are leaves green? -- How do insects walk on water? -- The liquid-solid mixture mystery -- See inside your hand -- Why are bubbles round? -- Forcing things to move -- Mixing colors without a brush -- The colors hiding in your pens -- The secrets of taste -- Let machines do the work -- How big is an iceberg? -- Why don't seals freeze? -- What make things balance? -- How is butter made? -- Where do clouds come from? -- Answers. |
| Subject |
Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
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Science -- Experiments (OCoLC)fst01108230
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Added Author |
Cope, Lizzie, author.
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Firth, Rachel, author.
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Stobbart, Darran, author.
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Petra Baan, illustrator.
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Funck, Diego, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781474986267 (hardback) |
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1474986269 (hardback) |
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9780794555429 (hardcover) |
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079455542X (hardcover) |
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